Kennet River (Victoria)

This article is about the river. For the town located at the river's mouth, see Kennett River, Victoria.

For other uses, see Kennet River and River Kennett.

Kennet
River
Name origin: River Kennet, England
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area	Colac Otway Shire
Part of	Corangamite catchment
Landmarks	Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Walk
Source	Otway Ranges
- location	below Muddy Saddle
- elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
- coordinates
Source confluence	West and East Branches of the Kennet River
Mouth	Addis Bay, Bass Strait
- location	Kennett River (town)
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates
Length	10 km (6 mi)
National park	Port Campbell National Park
Location of the Kennet River mouth in Victoria

The Kennet River, sometimes incorrectly misspelled as Kennett River, is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

Formed by the confluence of the West and East branches of the river, the Kennet River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, below Muddy Saddle and flows generally east by south through the Port Campbell National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Addis Bay within Bass Strait, northeast of Cape Otway at the locality of Kennett River. From its highest point, the river descends 290 metres (950 ft) over its 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) course.

Etymology

The river was named by surveyor George Smythe after the River Kennet in Berkshire, England.

See also

• List of rivers of Victoria

External links

Wikipedia